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Bootable cd not recognized during boot

Hi,
I was trying to install linux, everything was working fine till the power went off=2E When I again start the installation my cd drive doesn't recognize the bootable cd inside (i have tried all the bootable cd's that i have) the cdrom=2E What can be the issue=2E I just get the grub prompt=2E Tried "grub-install /dev/hda1" but that didn't work=2E Don't know how to proceed from here=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2EPlease help it is very urgent=2E

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>Hi,
>I was trying to install linux, everything was working fine till> the power went off=2E When I again start the installation my cd> drive doesn't recognize the bootable cd inside (i have tried all> the bootable cd's that i have) the cdrom=2E What can be the issue=2E> I just get the grub prompt=2E Tried "grub-install /dev/hda1" but> that didn't work=2E Don't know how to proceed from> here=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2EPlease help it is very urgent=2E
>
>Thanks in advance
>hey Manas here.dont type grub-install /dev/hda1.instead of that type
1)#fdisk -l
first of all verify what type of hard disk setting u have.i mean hda,hdb,hdc,hdd or sda---
2)then type #chroot /mnt/sysimage
#grub-install /dev/hda(or whatever it may be hdb,hdc---)
#exit and reboot.
Thank You.